The 2024 NASA Space Apps Challenge theme is "The Sun Touches Everything" in collaboration with NASA Heliophysics. This theme is in alignment with the Heliophysics Big Year, a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system, as declared by NASA.

Registration for the 2024 NASA Space Apps Challenge opens on July 18 and will remain open through the end of the hackathon on October 6, 2024 (11:59 p.m. local time). To participate in the hackathon:

1. You must have an account on spaceappschallenge.org
2. You must register for a Local Event or the Universal Event

Participants must register individually, not as teams. Forming your team is a separate process.

All ages, skill levels, and professional backgrounds are invited to participate in the NASA Space Apps Challenge! When you participate in the NASA Space Apps Challenge, you join a global community that embraces collaboration across borders, sectors, and cultures.

Whether you’re a student, professional, technologist, engineer or artist, the NASA Space Apps Challenge offers opportunities for anyone with an interest in space and science.

There is no cost to participate in the NASA Space Apps Challenge. If you are asked to pay money to participate in any aspect of a NASA Space Apps event, do not pay anything and please report to info@spaceappschallenge.org.

The NASA Space Apps Challenge is open to all ages! However, participants who are under the age of 18 must be registered for the event by a parent or legal guardian and must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian at all times during the event.